De-Conversion at Lake Park Apts Paves Way for Renewal Push
Lake Park apartments in Hyde Park are remodeled from a former hotel into 18 five room units renting at 90 dollars monthly. Ground floor houses a restaurant bar and hardware store. Committee of Six leaders and Mayor Daley pressed for faster renewal work and completion of Community Conservation board appointments.
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Hyde Park
Committee of Six
Richard Daley
Community Conservation Board
James Downs
Mayor Housing and Redevelopment
Land Clearance Commission
Community Conservation Board and Building Department
Downs
Committee of Six Express
Prof Kamen Wins Long Passport Battle After Eight Years
Prof Martin D Kamen has been granted a passport for travel to England Australia and Israel after district court action in Washington DC The decision followed a Supreme Court view that travel is an inherent right He is affiliated with Washington University St Louis and previously sued the State Department and libel defendants for damages The Federation of American Scientists supported his constitutional claim and merits of the case
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Martin D. Kamen
State Department
District Court
Washington, D.C
Kamen
Department
England
Australia
Israel
Supreme Court
Ray, Hyde Park High
University of Chicago
Harry Kamen
Chicago Tribune Company
Washington Times-Herald
Manhattan
Prof Kamen
Federation of American Scientists
FAS
Optometry Building to House 700 Students for New School
Thomas Higgins reports the Optometry site will hold 18 to 20 classrooms with a 700 student capacity as part of a planned school near Oakenwald and Shakespeare. The facility should be usable with minimal rehabilitation and open by September, with some grade levels on double shift due to population growth in Hyde Park Kenwood.
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Klienke
Land Clearance Commission
South East Chicago Commission
Hyde Park
LCC
the Land Clearance Commission
Washington
Thomas Higgins
Oakenwald
40Th
Lake Park
Shakespeare
PTA
Public Schools Committee
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Claude W. B. Holman
Shakespeare School
Bousfield
Higgins
42Nd Place
400 Bid Goodbye To Bob Merriam Departure Party
Robert E. Merriam was bid farewell by about 400 neighbors at the Fifth Ward office 1463 East 55th Street. The event, hosted by the Fi Ward Citizens committee, marked his move to Washington to join the budget office as assistant director.
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Robert E. Merriam
Fifth Ward
E. 55Th St
Fi Ward Citizens Committee
Merriam
Washington
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Lake Park Apts
Ilinois Central
Gordon Klienke
Selz and Southman
Philip Hammer
Klienk
Lawrence Kimpton
William Harrell
Julian Levi
Newton Farr
Elmer Donahue
The
Building Department
Corporation Counsel's Office
Prof. Kamen
Washington University
St. Louis
Times-Herald
Tribune
the Tribune
Bob
Miiam
Laingly
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